The sex pistols were charged with the indecent advertising act of 1889 “bollocks” is a slang name for testicles However, the pistols’ lawyer proved that it was actually derived from a nickname for clergymen The band were found “reluctantly” not guilty A new reissue of the sex pistols' only studio album 'never mind the bollocks' marks nearly 50 years of their influence on early punk. This release is limited to 5,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively at rhino.com and select warner music group stores internationally.
Upon its original release in 1977, it may have been the notoriety surrounding the sex pistols that propelled the album to #1 in the uk Nearly 30 years later, however, it’s the attitude and intelligence of the songwriting that resonates.
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